9 Letter Words for Pettiness
pettiness, spinettes
8 Letter Words for Pettiness
ineptest, pentises, pestiest, spinette
7 Letter Words for Pettiness
insteep, insteps, penises, pentise, pentite, petites, petties, seitens, sepsine, septets, sestine, sistent, spinets, spitten, tensest
6 Letter Words for Pettiness
enties, espies, ettins, insets, instep, nepits, nessie, penest, penies, pentit, pestis, petite, petits, pettis, pistes, pitten, psenes, seines, seiten, sensei, sepsin, septet, sestet, setnet, sients, sisten, sittee, sitten, sneest, snipes, speise, spense, spines, spinet, spites, steens, steeps, steins, stents, stints, stipes, tenets, tenses, tentie, tessin, testes, testis, tsetse
5 Letter Words for Pettiness
enets, ensis, entsi, entte, epist, esnes, essen, etens, ettin, inept, insee, insep, inset, neeps, neist, nepit, nests, netes, nisse, peens, peine, penie, penis, pense, pents, peste, pests, petit, petti, piest, piets, pines, pinte, pints, piste, seeps, seine, seise, senit, sense, sente, senti, sents, septs, sesti, setts, siens, sient, siest, sines, sipes, sites, snees, snies, snipe, snips, snite, snits, speen, spent, spete, spets, spies, spine, spins, spise, spite, spits, steen, steep, stein, stens, stent, steps, stept, stets, sties, stine, stint, stipe, stite, teens, teest, teise, tenes, tenet, tense, tents, teste, tests, tiens, tines, tints, tsine
4 Letter Words for Pettiness
eine, enes, ense, epit, eses, esne, esse, ests, eten, insp, inst, ipse, isnt, neep, neet, neps, nese, ness, nest, nete, neti, nets, nies, nips, nist, nits, peen, pees, pene, peni, pens, pent, pess, pest, pete, pets, pien, pies, piet, pine, pins, pint, pise, piss, pist, pits, psis, psst, psts, ptts, seen, seep, sees, seis, seit, sene, sens, sent, sepn, seps, sept, sese, sets, sett, sien, sine, sins, sipe, sips, sise, sist, site, sits, snee, snip, snit, spet, spie, spin, spit, sten, step, stet, stie, teen, tees, teet, tene, tens, tent, tepe, test, tete, tets, tien, ties, tine, tins, tint, tipe, tips, tipt, tite, tits
3 Letter Words for Pettiness
een, ene, ens, epi, ese, esp, ess, est, ins, int, ips, ise, isn, ist, its, nee, nei, nep, net, nie, nip, nis, nit, pee, pen, pes, pet, pie, pin, pis, pit, psi, pst, pte, pts, ptt, see, sei, sen, sep, set, sie, sin, sip, sis, sit, sps, spt, sse, ssp, tee, ten, tes, tet, tie, tin, tip, tis, tit, tnt, tpi, tps, tsi, tsp, tss, tst
Definitions for Pettiness
[1] of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances.
[2] of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations.
[3] having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds.
[4] mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person.
[5] showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge.
[6] of secondary rank, especially in relation to others of the same class or kind: petty states; a petty tyrant.
[7] trivial; trifling; inessential petty details
[8] of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character petty spite
[9] minor or subordinate in rank petty officialdom
[10] law of lesser importance
Words related to Pettiness
pettysmallness, paltriness, silliness, triviality, negligibility
Words nearby Pettiness
pettypettish, pettiskirt, pettislip, pettitoes, pettle, petty, petty bourgeois, petty bourgeoisie, petty cash, petty jury, petty larceny
Origin of Pettiness
y1325–75; Middle English peti(t ) small, minor < Old French petit < Gallo-Romance *pittīttus, of expressive orig.
Other words from Pettiness
pet·ti·ly , adverb
pet·ti·ness , noun
Word origin for Pettiness
yC14: from Old French petit
Synonyms for Pettiness
paltriness, silliness, smallness, triviality, unimportance, inconsequentialness, inconsiderableness, negligibility, negligibleness, trivialness
